Tenellia sp. e637
6mm

This 3 to 5mm long eolid was found under a rock at a depth of about 8m on a Kwajalein Atoll lagoon pinnacle on 5 September 2011, and more recently several specimens were seen in shallow water in Majuro Atoll by John and Lynette Flynn. It would appear to be the species figured as Tenellia sp. 31 in Gosliner et al (2018). There is also some resemblance to species we figure as Tenellia sp. e734 and Eubranchus sp. e315. More study is required to properly sort these out.

The "large" 6mm individual below from John and Lynette Flynn on a shallow Majuro interisland reef shows the details well.

The 6mm specimen was with a slightly smaller one.

This appears to be a smaller specimen, also from Majuro.

The 5mm Kwajalein specimen is below. Unfortunately, we got only this image with a small digital microscope, and the colors seem a little dark; it was more magenta to the naked eye.

Created 10 September 2011
Updated 16 February 2022

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